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With impending legislation expected soon, the public furor over the illegal spying of its citizens is not expected to abate any time soon. Whilst a list of many well known and influential citizens have been released as having been spied upon the more curious aspect (at least for me) is the list of those prominent persons not on the list. The Prime Minister chose (wisely) to highlight only the names of those who held high public profile but what of those not so highly profiled that are also on the list?

Via text message from BMobile:

Please help Haiti. Text HAITI to code GIVE (4483) to donate $10.00. Bmobile sends all proceeds to Medianet & Red Cross Relief Funds. Give to save a life.

So, one corporate sponsor could have a definitive impact on the amount of funding going to Haiti from Trinidad and Tobago's shores.

'But does that really balance the Beyonce issue?', someone asked me.

And I said: Do you think Beyonce would donate her proceeds from her concert to Haiti? 

Everyone seems to have something to say about Beyonce coming to Trinidad and Tobago (Paolo Kernahan's latest is the best so far, I think). This one has a ghastly picture of Beyonce, but did a good job of hitting the high points for the international community. The local community? 

Well, everyone has an opinion.

Here's mine.

It happens. People lose mobile phones; they are dropped and picked up by passing strangers or are taken by less passive strangers. One way or the other, people lose their phones.

Last Friday, I lost mine. I searched high, I searched low, I searched the spectrum in between. I checked the refrigerator, the dog (who did not ring when I called the number) and the yard. It was gone - and the ring could not be heard except through the receiver of another phone. After a few calls, I started getting my 'busy' message from the phone.